Tyranny is usually tempered with assassination, and Democracy must be tempered with culture. In the absence of this, it turns into a representation of collective folly.

The Sun, the Moon, the Stars, the Birds, the Animals, the Flowers are all proof that a Universal Power exists.

I'm the daughter of two Indian immigrant doctors, and I have an older sister and younger brother, and none of us have pursued medicine as a career. We're all over the artistic side of things.

I like listening to people talk about things that they love. They get to express things they don't normally get to express.

"Centurion" is probably one of my favorites [of RZA Day ].

Is real, it is serious, it is growing, and it constitutes one of the greatest threats to our national security and, indeed, to global security.

Don't diminish yourself in any way. Dare to be all that you are.

My phrase has always been that I am looking for the versatility of theatre in film. I think I have been quite lucky in that so far.

Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

It's tough. It's very tricky to throw a morally flexible character onto the screen and have an audience empathize. It's always an exercise in restraint.

Prudence is one of the virtues which were called cardinal by the ancient ethical writers.